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Author: Faraz Shauketaly

Sagrada Familia gets building permit after 137 years
WORLD

Sagrada Familia gets building permit after 137 years

For 137 years, the construction of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia had been carried out illegally. That all changed on Friday when…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
Trump blasts New York Times over report on Mexico deal
WORLD

Trump blasts New York Times over report on Mexico deal

President Trump on Sunday called the New York Times “The Enemy of the People!” for reporting that a deal Mexico…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’
WORLD

Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’

 The Supreme Court decided an Indiana abortion case last month with an unsigned, three-page compromise opinion that had something for both conservative and…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
India’s Modi makes unscheduled stop at bombed Sri Lanka church
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India’s Modi makes unscheduled stop at bombed Sri Lanka church

The Indian leader visits church bombed during Easter on his first trip to neighbouring Sri Lanka since his re-election. India‘s Prime…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
NY woman claims she drank soda bottle filled with bleach at same Dominican resort where 3 Americans died
WORLD

NY woman claims she drank soda bottle filled with bleach at same Dominican resort where 3 Americans died

A New York woman claims a soda bottle filled with bleach left her ill and bleeding at the same troubled…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington
WORLD

Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington

Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during LGBTQ Pride…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
Over a dozen lions break free from national park in South Africa
WORLD

Over a dozen lions break free from national park in South Africa

Total cat-astrophe! More than a dozen lions broke free from a world-famous national park in South Africa — in what…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
PM Modi first world leader to visit Sri Lanka after Easter bombings
LOCAL

PM Modi first world leader to visit Sri Lanka after Easter bombings

Despite various travel bans since the Easter Sunday carnage, ice-cream vendors and Indian tourists who have defied various international travel…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
US tourist beaten during Dominican vacation accuses resort of victim blaming
WORLD

US tourist beaten during Dominican vacation accuses resort of victim blaming

A Dominican Republic resort has been accused of attempting to blame the victim by a lawyer for a Delaware woman who says…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019
Sri Lanka intelligence chief fired after criticism over bombings
LOCAL

Sri Lanka intelligence chief fired after criticism over bombings

President Sirisena fires chief of national intelligence for suggesting he had been forewarned about Easter bombings. Sri Lanka‘s President Maithripala…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/06/2019

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